Named after the notorious swindler Charles Ponzi, these schemes often collapse when the flow of new investor funds dries up, leaving later investors empty-handed and early investors with ill ...

That's when the Ponzi scheme collapses. The Ponzi scheme gets its name from a swindler named Charles Ponzi, who in 1920 became a millionaire by promoting a nonexistent investing opportunity.

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Below, World Finance examines five of the biggest financial scandals ever to take place. In 1919, Charles Ponzi, an Italian immigrant living in Boston, came up with a scheme to get rich that involved ...

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Madoff used a so-called Ponzi scheme, which lures investors in by guaranteeing unusually high returns. The name originated with Charles Ponzi, who promised 50% returns on investments in only 90 days.

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